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Kangaroo Island is the place where you can
quietly ‘go bush’ and see native Australian
animals and birds as they were meant to be
seen – in the wild. It is a true wildlife sanctuary.
Owing to its isolation from the mainland, the
Island has suffered less from the impact of
European settlement and retains more than
half of its native old-growth vegetation – a vast
area of some 2250 square kilometres.
Similarly, the Island has been spared
damage from introduced species, such as
foxes and rabbits, ensuring the integrity of
native bushland. As a result, animal and bird
populations have flourished.
Today, more than one-third of Kangaroo Island
is preserved in conservation parks, national
parks and wilderness protection areas.
Because of this, Kangaroo Island continues to
be a special and protected place, where you
will be truly amazed.
Animals everywhere
Australian sea lions and Long-nosed
fur seals
Both species are native to Kangaroo Island
and are most famously seen in great numbers
in their natural environment around Admirals
Arch and the magnificent Seal Bay. There
you can join park guides on guided tours
to observe these playful animals basking in
Wildlife
NATURALLY
the sun and frolicking in the surf. Over 7000
Long-nosed fur seals live and breed around
Cape du Couedic.
Echidnas
An egg-laying mammal occasionally seen in
the undergrowth foraging for ants with its
sticky tongue, you can identify the Kangaroo
Island echidna by its distinctive ‘blonde’
spines. During winter, echidnas form ‘mating
trains’, where up to eight males follow a
female around.
Kangaroo Island kangaroos
Kangaroo Island’s isolation has seen some
species evolve differently from those on the
mainland. This is evident in the Kangaroo Island
kangaroo – a sub-species of the Western Grey
kangaroo, which is smaller, darker and has
longer fur than its mainland counterpart.
Koalas
Like the platypus and Ringtail possum,
the famous Kangaroo Island koala is an
introduced species. Here, numbers have
exploded over the past few years, and you're
more likely to catch sight of a wild koala here
than on the mainland.
Rosenberg goannas
This magnificent lizard, which grows up to
a metre in length, is a predator of smaller
reptiles, young birds and eggs, and is often
Exceptional Kangaroo Island, Grassdale
in Kelly Hill Conservation Park
seen on warm days basking happily or
scavenging on dead animals along the roads.
Tammar wallabies
The Tammar wallaby is much smaller
than a typical wallaby and has finer
features than the kangaroo. They are
abundant on Kangaroo Island. Mainland
populations are extinct in south-eastern
Australia, with only a small population
surviving in Western Australia.
Other natives
On your travels keep an eye out for a number
of native animals, including Brushtail possums,
Southern Brown bandicoots, Western and
Little Pygmy possums, bush and swamp rats,
six bat species, six frog species, Black Tiger
snakes and Pygmy Copperhead snakes.